Zero raced over its back, eventually up its spine, before coming onto its head like a proud lion upon its slain kill. He stopped in front of the Behemoth's eyes, which were closed. When he drew in his breath, he was ready to spit out another short amount of dark flames when the Behemoth opened its monstrous eyes.
It zoomed in on Zero's face before giving him an angry growl. Magical power surged from the Behemoth's body, causing Zero to fumble, trying to get his bearings. Zero felt an instinctual danger, and he hopped to the side as he saw a blast of magic come swarming down upon him like a comet. Zero was thrown backward with an explosive slam as he skidded low to the ground. The explosion didn't even harm the Behemoth; instead, he absorbed it back into its body as if it were recycling its energy.
Zero knew that this was becoming a lot more dangerous. The Behemoth's fury was at its peak, and this was when it would struggle even harder to survive. The magical fiery comet started to form over the Behemoth's head as more and more fell down from the sky like bullets. He had to hop around, dodge, jump, and even use his tail to smack back at the burning flames.
It wasn't straightforward with two of his friends on his back. The extra weight had caused him to slow down by quite a bit, and a few stray comets came hurtling down towards Agnis and Zeraph. Zeraph slashed forward, shouting, "Seven Strikes of the Unholy Flames!" His blade moved at an inhumane speed, cutting down the comet into pieces.
Agnis fired off her holy arrows to attempt to redirect it, but the power behind it wasn't enough. She grabbed one of her blades from behind her back and slashed forward, screaming, "Lotus Arts secret style no. 1!"
A blast of wind circled her blade, causing a torrent of wind to circulate her slash. A splash of flowers appeared out of thin air, bringing in a sweet smell of lotus.
The comets came hurtling down like rain, creating a devastating attack. Even Zero had difficulty maneuvering out of harm's way to avoid getting hit. They weren't large comets, but small and many, which was deadly all by itself.
"Zero! There's too many!" Agnis called out, slashing the comet aside as best as she could. Then, out of nowhere, Agnes and Zeraph were hit on the side or the back by the meteorite's attack, causing them to fall off Zero's back.
Even Zero wasn't able to get out of harm's way in time and was pelted from above, knocking him backward and onto his back. The attack caused a large amount of devastation on land and even killed quite a few people.
"Watch out!" Zeraph yelled, Behemoth's body stirred, moving towards Zero in a roll.
The Behemoth's body came falling down towards Zero and he saw the Behemoth's foot heading straight towards him. Zero shakily got up, dazed from the sudden attack.
Temporarily Confusion status ailment is in effect for thirty seconds. Moving will become difficult.
Zero braced himself, trying to get away as best as he could, but he was too late. Behemoth's foot came crashing down upon Zero's back, crushing him underneath his weight. Blood erupted out of his mouth; his body tightened to push against the Behemoth's leg.
Now, Zero was stuck underneath the Behemoth's foot. He could feel the monster's weight crushing down his body as he spurted out blood. The thought of being squashed alive wasn't something that he wanted to ever be in. What was worse was that he could feel the pain of his bones starting to break under the weight of the Behemoth's body.
I'm not going to die like this! Aurelius shouted in his head. Even though the pain was significantly reduced in the game, there was still a bit of pain felt. He tightened his body, pushing against the Behemoth's leg with all his might.
He then thought of something else while pushing against the Behemoth's leg. With a large amount of magic he still had, he used his Black Dragon necromancy skills. His energy washed outwards like a pulse, searching for the dead monsters and players on the ground. He noticed that even his sight could find old monsters that had died years past and were buried underneath the ground.
The surge of energy seeped deeply, drawing out its dark power. Zero could feel his magic experience rising each time a successful dead monster rose. The ground started to pop out skeletal creatures and humans. They slugged and pulled their way out, shaking their large bodies in excitement as their eyes glowed eerily green. He had been pushing off this skill for a while now, mostly because the thought of raising the dead wasn't always to his liking, especially because of the spirits he would see in real life that put him off on this skill.
Your necromancy has risen to level one.
Your necromancy has risen to level two.
Your necromancy has risen to level three.
Your necromancy has risen to level four.
Your necromancy has risen to level five.
Hundreds to eventually thousands of skeletal monsters came forth. They weren't like the skeletal monsters that Valiant pulled out. The skeleton was much more fierce and meaner, looking at Zero's dark magic. Dark, golden energy swirled around their body like a thick coats, reinforcing them with stray bones that they could find. Some wore thick armor, others had extra appendages, and others grew in size. Some even strangely looked like they had angelic features, feathers on their ears, and growing wings. Most skeletal monsters were creatures rather than humanoid creatures, and the creatures looked more sinister than the monsters they would find out in the field.
"Come here and help me!" Zero yelled.
The skeletal army snapped forward quickly in his direction. They were like a synchronized army that moved perfectly in harmony toward Zero. So many rushed forward, slamming into the Behemoth's leg, pushing it away from Zero as best as possible.
Others lifted upwards as swirls of dark energy amplified their strength, making them glow even more eerily black. The smell of decay and death wafted through the ground, making anyone near the Behemoth weezy with sickness.
The leftover army and players moved away, letting the swarm of the skeletal army do its job of lifting the Behemoth's leg. Struggling hard to squish Zero, the Behemoth put its weight into the attack. A handful of skeletons were squashed, but that didn't stop it from helping it start to stack up and making it difficult for the Behemoth to kill Zero.
Swarms upon swarms of skeletal creatures rushed forward, attacking and lifting the Behemoth's leg off of Zero's body. Then, finally, zero felt the pressure release, allowing him to breathe much
better. He wiggled at first, eventually squirming his way out.
When he finally made it out from under the leg, he pulled out quite a few red potions to heal his wounded body. Unfortunately, it wasn't simple to uncork the top, so he threw it up and crushed it with his mouth. The glass shattered but didn't even wound his tongue.
Zero roared towards the Behemoth, bellowing out at it in anger. He was infuriated that the Behemoth would try to squash him under his feet. There was no way he would let this go anytime soon; the only thought he had was to see the Behemoth fall to its death.
"Attack!" Zero roared again, using more power to give out his command.